Fed likely to avoid market tantrum when it reduces its $4.5 trillion balance sheet, Fischer says

• April 17, 2017
• realestate
• Business & Markets, Real Estate Finance

“My tentative conclusion from market responses to the limited amount of discussion of the process of reducing the size of our balance sheet that has taken place so far is that we appear less likely to face major market disturbances now than we did in the case of the taper tantrum,” Fischer said. “But, of course, as we continue to discuss and eventually implement policies to reduce our balance sheet, we will have to continue to monitor market developments and expectations carefully.”